Regardless of who you are, everyone has that one musician, artist, scientist or prolific other who they admire for one reason or another. Patience Hodgson from The Grates just so happens to be mine, but interestingly enough, The Preatures are up there for the Brisbane musician. 570 more words

The Grates duo of Patience Hodgson and John Patterson may have been heavily focussed on baking scones at their Brisbane tea rooms over the last couple of years, but don’t expect them to go all buttery and lose bite just because they’ve had their hands on more cupcakes than guitar strings of late. 211 more words

2011 has been a year of many changes for homegrown indie-poppers The Grates; they took up residency in New York, recruited a new drummer and bass player after their cute as hell drum-woman announced she was moving on to pursue culinary arts and now they’re back on home soil and on the promotional trail for brand new album… 1,505 more words

The Grates announced today that they will be heading into the studio in November to record their fourth record and have also stated that they will be releasing the album within weeks of their studio time on their new record label Valley Records and Tapes. 205 more words